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...care workers.’ This may not seem a very encouraging start to this OpenLearn course but it is worth knowing that, despite evidence of high stress, studies have also found consistently high job satisfaction among social workers (Stalker et al., 2007; Collins, 2008). If social work is such a stressful occupation, what helps social workers to survive, and even thrive? This...

...care, as well as studies involving nurses, parents/carers and children and young people on their views of how children’s pain is managed. The challenges both parents and nurses encounter in managing children’s pain are discussed, focussing in particular on communication. The course includes three short animations conveying key messages on the management of...

...caring for children. It draws on interviews with a wide-ranging selection of professionals, from people who deal directly with children at nurseries or schools to those that help shape national policy, to throw light on national initiatives and schemes such as ChildLine, and explore family life from different perspectives and social levels. This material forms part of The...

...Care, one of the specialist mental health trusts already applying a zero strategy. His plans are at an early stage, but he is setting out to create a Zero Suicide foundation. He wants it to identify good practices across the 55 mental health trusts in England and create a new strategy to be applied everywhere. The zero approach is a proactive strategy that aims to...